The quantile regression analysis model used for capping high-cost loop...
The quantile regression analysis model used for capping high-cost loop support to rate-of-return carriers continues to provide uncertainty for Western Telecommunications Alliance members, WTA told an aide to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Tuesday, an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnkys4). The…
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projected yearly changes “create more unpredictability,” preventing telcos from being able to “properly plan to deploy broadband throughout their service territories to fulfill the goal of the National Broadband Plan,” WTA said. The regression analysis should not apply retroactively to past investments, and the commission should hold off on moving forward with issues in the further notice of proposed rulemaking “until the concerns with the QRA are fixed and the impacts are known,” WTA said.